Michael Schumacher latest news: Wife of former F1 star hopes her voice will wake him

Corinna Schumacher maintains her bedside vigil six weeks after French skiing accident.

The wife of ex-Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher continues to talk to him in the hope her voice helps him recover from head injuries suffered during a skiing accident.

Corinna Schumacher has been at her husband’s side now for six weeks, after Michael was rushed to hospital after striking his head against a rock while skiing in France on December 29 last year.

The seven-times F1 champion was placed in a medically induced coma to alleviate symptoms of swelling to the brain and has undergone two operations by neurologists to alleviate pressure inside his skull, hopefully, reducing the chances of long-term or permanent damage.

The anesthetic is being reduced extremely gradually while pockets of the drugs that have built up in his body’s fatty tissue have to be coaxed out.

However, doctors have told his family that the toughest phase in his recovery is yet to come.